STATE v. BOLGER

No. 13837.

332 N.W.2d 718 (1983)

STATE of South Dakota, Respondent and Appellee, v. Paul Anthony BOLGER, Petitioner and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey P. Hallem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for respondent and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Jeffrey L. Viken of Finch & Viken, Rapid City, for petitioner and appellant.


MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal arises from the denial of appellant Paul Bolger's (Bolger) petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

Bolger sought relief below from a plea of guilty arising from a murder charge for the beating death of Emory Joe Charging on April 17, 1979. In May of 1979, Bolger originally entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental illness. On September 17, 1979, as a result of plea bargaining negotiations, the State...

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